BC Historical Newspapers

The Ledge
Apr 4, 1912

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The Ledge

Publisher

Greenwood, B.C. : R.T. Lowery

Date Issued

1912-04-04

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The oldest mining camp newspaper in British Columbia. ; The Ledge was published in Greenwood, in the Kootenay Boundary region of southern British Columbia. The Ledge was published by James W. Grier until 1907, and was subsequently published by R. T. Lowery (1907-1920) and G. W. A. Smith (1920-1929). The paper's longest-serving editor was R. T. Lowery (1906-1926), a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. The Ledge absorbed the Boundary Creek Times in April 1911, and was published under a variant title, the Greenwood Ledge, from August 1926 to May 1929.

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V UH0LEUHS" - @i������cL������tms CARPETS MATTINGS See the line of Room-Size Matting Squares ��������� $2.50 and $3.00 each - at T. M. GULLBY & Oo. Opposite Postoflice. GREENWOOD, B. C. Phone 27 r. You will find a Welcome at the Club Cigar Store and Pool Room CIGARS, TOBACCOS, AND SMOKERS' SUPPLIES FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY Coast, Calgary and Local Papers and Magazines ��������� ������ always on the tables, Agent for Phoenix Laundry. Of/Ice of Phoenix & Midway Stages L WALTER G. KENNEDY PROPRIETOR J THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE SIR EDMUND WALKER, C.V.O., LL.D., D.C.L., PRESIDENT ALEXANDER LAIRD, GENERAL MANAGER $8,000,000 CAPITAL, - $10,000,000 DRAFTS ON REST, FOREI-GN COUNTRIES Every branch of The Canadian Bank of Commerce is equipped to issue drafts on the principal cities in the following countries without delay: Xftka Crete Greece ��������� New Zealand Siberia Arabia Cuba Holland Argentine Republic Denmark Iceland AuitralU S*yp' . . Jn'!,a'. Austria-Hungary Faroe Islands Ireland Belgium Finland Italr Brazfl Formosa Jap***1 Bulgaria France Java, CoyLn Fr'ch Cochin China Malta Chili Germany Manchuria China Great Britain > ; Mexico --- The amount of these drafts is stated.in lhe money of the country where they are payable; that is they are drawn in sterling, francs, marks, lire, kronen, florins,, yen, tacls, roubles, etc, as the case may be. Tbia ensures that the payee abroad will receive the actual amount intended. ���������'.. . . A233 SAVINGS; BANK DEPARTMENT Norway Panama Persia Peru Philippine Islands Portugal Roumania Russia Servia Siam Soudan South Africa Spain Straits Settlement* Sweden Switzerland Turkey United State* Uruguay West Indies, etc. J. T. BEATTIE, Manager. Greenwood Branch. i <*������**������<*=-!S5������^^^ i 1! tt tt tt tt tt I I 'tt tt t SJ:.'.^;).;,Cl Dealers'in Fresh and Salt Meats, Fish and Poultry. Shops in nearly all.the towns of the -Boundary and Kootenay. COPPER STREET, GREENWOOD, B. C. Furnished Houses, Sewing Machines Pianos for Rent: ' Skates Ground Phone 16 Greenwood, B. C. NOTICE . - ' P., Jaynes, having sold his grocery business to W. M. Brown, wishes -to thank the public for their liberal patronage, and requests a continu- . ance of the 'same for his successor. , As Mr, Jaynes is leaving the city all accounts due him must, be -settled by 'the ISth inst. (F \ LEST YOU FORGET Let me have your order for Cross Buns by Thurso day noon, then you will be sure to' get them, , William C.Arthurs THE BREAD & CAKE BAKER -. Vienna Bakery, Greenwood *4e HAVE YOU SEEN IT? We have just issued a handsome Illustrated Catalogue that would do credit to any mailorder house, and which shows at a glance the grip we have on the better class of trade. We want you to see how fine a jewelry store we have. SEND FOR ONE A. LOGAN & Co. GREENWOOD. - B. C. St. Jude's Anglican Church Services: Holy Communion S a.m. ist and 3rd Sundays iu this month; Matins, 11 a.m.; Evensong, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday School, 2:30 p.m. Oood Friday, Matins at 11 a. m.; Evensong at 7:30 p. in. Rev. Franklin Watson, Vicar. ROOMS TO LIST Iu tho Swayno House, Silver Street. Clean, private and comfortable rooms in a quiet locality at reasonable rates. Hot and cold baths free to guests. WANTS. Etc POK weight Sale,���������A work horse, 1,250, drive single or double to be sold cheap, Apply Mark Christensen, Ledge Office. For Sale.���������Two sows, seven months old, Poland1 China breed. Apply to W. P., Ledge office.. For Sale.���������A Letterpress at a price. Apply at Ledge office. For'Sale.���������Four old Copper Hand Books at ������0 cents each. Apply at Ledge office. For Sale.���������One Incubator and two Brooders, capacity 250 eggs, good as new. Will sell at half cost price. Apply to F. Kcffer, Anaconda. Ed. Brown returned from Halcyon last week. ; S. M. Johnson returned from the east last week, . It is predicted that copper will be 16 cents this -summer. * Lloyd A. Manly will build a large' hotel at Port Mann. 'Dan and Steve Olson have gone on another trip'to Sweden. G. B. Taylor is confined .to his house with an attack of lumbago, George Fyfe and his bride -returned to Phoenix'Tuesday even- ing*- ,. The Phoenix brewery has a storage capacity of 25,000 gallons. ' - Bart Inghram has moved his family irom Midway to Rock Creek. . / C. F. Anderson ��������� has been appointed city electrician in Grand Forks. ' ; " Owen Boyer will visit his- old Quebec home some, time this "summer. ' A lynx was seen in Phoenix last' week looking for spring chickens. ���������Robert Mcintosh the architect, is moving from Grand Forks to the coast. ,, --_.", i,��������� .., *-.,,.* ��������� Lome C. Terhune is still-in Spokane, and will be.able to see withoneeye. The Kettle Valley railway has ordered three more engines and fifty cars. Born,���������At Greenwood, March 26th,' to Mr. and Mrs. Mole, a nine pound son. The nurseries at Grand Forks will ship over half a million fruit trees this season. Bob Perry has gone up the West Fork to do some work on his mineral claims. Born.���������On March 27th, at the Mother Lode, to Mr. and Mrs. George Stevens, a son. The Tenuis club will hold a dance in the old Masonic hall on the 10th of this month. David McBride was in town this week. He will celebrate his 75th birthday next Monday. William Pearce has sold his five acre orchard at Grand Forks to R. W. Hughes ior $3,000. . Jack McMillan has gone to Hot Springs, Arkansas, to seek a divorce from his rheumatism. The total proceeds of the Miner's Union benefit dance in aid of Lome C. Terhune are S316. In the county court a probate has been granted to Lillian Bonnett, a step-daughter of the late Louis Eholt. The Rossland Miner says that the telephone service ia that city is rotten. It is just the reverse iu the Boundary towns. Wm. Boyd and Charles Waltn- sley were in town this week seeing the sigrhts and selliag a few carloads of mineral water. Charley Walmslay is progressing favorably. On the third day of his visit to the Boundary he was best man at a matrimonial event. Service in the Presbyterian church next Sunday, April 7th, 7:30 p. tn. Sunday School, and Bible class at 2:30 p. m. All are welcome.. Archie Aberdeen has gone to his ranch near Bndesville. During the summer he will assist the government to make some more good roads. There were ,28 applicants for the position oi city electrician in Grand Forks. It was given to F. C. Anderson of Greenwood, who is moving his family to the Forks this week. Miss Lottie Hall was 'pitched out of an auto at Midway on Tuesday' and had her left arm dislocated. She will remain'"i*j Greenwood a short time before proceeding to her home in Nelson. Old Tom has closed' his laundry in Chinatown and gone to work'on the section at Midway. He will return next winter and again devote his attention to the purification of the white man's linen. There was hardly any excitement upon election night, altho one enthusiastic man paraded Copper street for several hours shouting:��������� Gooda de man ! Plenty mun ! Everbod work ! Viye le Jacksico. After Lent the Hockey Club will get-up' a dance to get rid ot its debts. The manager guaranteed some of the debts, but left town without saying anything. In future the Hockey Club should be more careful in selecting a manager. Last week in Grand Forks, Charles Acres was arrested and given six mouths in jail for lighting matches under suspicious circumstances, at the rear of the Davis block, late at night. Acres was in Nelson the night of the big sawmill fire- and tried to beat his way the next day to the Forks. . P. W.��������� Lover died' in Payette; Idaho, last Thursday morning, following an operation for peritonitis. He came to Greenwood about 15 years ago. Last year he severed his connection with the ,B. C. Copper Co. aud moved to "his ranch at Beaverdell. He is'survived by his wife and three children. Constable G. H. Aston' was buried in Penticton last Saturday with Masonic honors. He was a member of the Greenwood Lodge of Masons. James and Wilson are now held on a charge of murder. At the .preliminary trial it came out that James asked Aston for a drink of water in the stateroom. When it was given to him James presented a pistol at Aston and ordered him to throw up his hands. Aston refused to do this and James then shot him in the head. Tames hails from Godrich, Dakota. {Western Float I Quesnel is short of dry wood. - Ruddy is enlarging his Coalinont restaurant. .- -, ' " f) Vancouver needs another first- class theatre. R.' Greigor has opened a lumber yard in Oroville. Alberni and Port Alberni now have 85 telephones. A $10,000 opera house is to be built in Cumberland. Several new buildings are being erected in Princeton. The Alexandria Indians are fencing their Reserve. Dr. Jermyn, V. S. is building a residence in Coalmont. is being a semi- to THE ELECTIONS The elections occurred last Thursday, and the B. C. Legislature is now composed of 40 Conservatives, and two Socialists, Place and Williams. Not a single Liberal was able to touch the wire. One reason for this was that the majority of the Liberal candidates were not much better than Indian cigar signs. The Liberals must put up brainy men if they desire to snatch a seat or two in the charmed circle at Victoria. There are enough of Tory dubs in tho House now, without having the harmony discorded by introducing a bunch of Grit dummies. In the Greenwood riding J. R. Jackson was elected. He obtained 361 votes, and George Heatherton 102. There were 10 spoiled ballots, and one destroyed. The following is tho official result of the polling: s ' ��������� Jncksou Heatherton Greenwood . 195 42 Midway . 41 8 Mother Lode . 26 29 Eholt . 29 10 Boundary Falls 29 . 1 :. Rock Creek . 38 ' 10 Denoro . 3 '.':' '" 2 '.';' It is harder to draw a salary for being good than it is to be good and that's saying much. If yon havo a bad memory train it to havo a discriminating'taste in what it must forgot. A Methodist church ,built iu East Princeton. The News has. become weekly in Port Alberni. Another man has been added the fire brigade in Rupe. Another hardware store has been opened in Abbotsford. A. G. McKay has opened a garage and livery in Penticton. George Aylwin died in * New Denver last week from pneumonia. A temporary postoflice building is being erected in Prince Rupert. It is reported that Coleman will again have a newspaper this month. There are no idle men in 'Frank, and the mines arejworking full blast. The city hospital in Prince Rupert has bought a $1,000 ambulance. Prize fights are becoming common'in the towns along the Crow. T. T. Booth has taken charge of the Colonial hotel at Soda Creek. After June 13 no more bottle licenses will be granted in Prince Rupert. . The site has been secured in Chilliwack for a $40,000 school building. There are 31 theatres in New York, and seven more will be built this year. George Walker, government agent at Barkeryille - died a. few. days ago. > " The winter just past was the most delightful one ever known in the Yukon. ' * , Mr. Maloney is leaving Okanagan i Falls for Montreal. He came j west in 1849. In White Horse Bob Earle has opened a horse barber shop in Lowe's barn. In Coleman the Grand Union hotel now has a frontage of 100 feet on Main street. It is estimated that the Penticton orchards will produce 50 carloads of fruit this summer. The Chilliwack Baptist church has extended a call to the Rev. Mr. Marshall of Montreal. Mrs. Adolphine Pirlot committed suicide at Frank, by drowning herself in the_ Old Man river. This season many new orchards, and large areas of vegetables will be planted at Okanagan Falls. James McConnell died a few days ago. He had lived in the Chilliwack valley for 39 years. The Young People's Society of East Chilliwack, recently played Too Many Husbands to a $71 house. At Penticton Bill White was sent three months to jail, for giving an Indian some Irish whiskey. The" Reporter, New Michel's leading newspaper has moved its quarters to the Somerton building. Tbe Dewduey townsite, adjoining Hope, has been bought by E. C. Bagshawe and W. T. Williams of Victoria. N. J. LaPlaute of Marcus recently bought 1,000 White Leghorn chickens at Waitaburg for 14 cents each. Clarence Smith of Merritt is a Mnlatto and weighs 114 pounds. He wants to box with anyone up to 135 pounds. Dr. Offerhaus died in Holland last month aged 62 years. He had lived in the Okanagau district at Lansdowne for 28 years. H. E. Morgan and his outfit have left White Horse for the head of White river. Tom Clair, Lee Green and Ginger Stewart went with the party. Fresh eggs were 35 cents adozen in Kaslo last week, and if the price drops a little lower, it will be safe to leave them out of the safe at nights, says the Kootenaian. At Blairmore Lee Tuck and Long Tan were fined $100 each for running an opium joint and gambling den. Seven Chinese frequenters, were fined $23 each. The . Cosmopolitan hotel and other buildings wero burned in Blairmore last week. The loss is $SO,000 with $20,000 insurance. Ono Italian was burned to death. On the, ninth day after*, being shot in the head by a prisoner, Constable Aston died in the Kelowna hospital. His, death should be a warning to other officers not to, go to sleep when in charge of dangerous criminals. A troop of Girl Guides has been organized at Penticton. In this age of fads there is little danger of them being taught, how to guide a frying pan across a hot stove, or to play a washboard solo, entitled, Everybody Works But Mother. Mrs. F. L. Churchill of Rossland will soon take up her residence in,, Spokane.- For terrible injuries re- '��������� ceived on the Great Northern railway the jury recently awarded her , $50,000 damages; but the company settled with her by paying the doctor's bill, and'$15,000. A ��������� few days ago 10,000 immi-, grants from Europe lauded in Canada, and Btarted west. The Islander remarks that now is tho time for Cumberland to throw out the life line. Evidently the editor of that paper thinks these newcomers are in danger of being drowned if they do not reach Cumberland. It is more than 20 years ago since the Halcyon Hot Springs on the upper Arrow lake were located. Since Wm. Boyd took charge of the Hotel Halcyon it has become a great health resort, and the hotel will soon.be enlarged to take care of the increasing business. Halcyon water is bottled and shipped to all parts of the country. It is a great reviver, especially in the morning. Constable Aston who died in Kelowna last week was an old soldier. He served with the 17th ' Lancers in India, and through tho Zulu wars in - South Africa. He was a member of the search party that found the body of the Prince Imperial, after the Prince's party had been cut to pieces. Aston also went through the Boer war, and served 12 years in the N. W. M. P. He had'��������� great knowledge.of horses, and at one time was sent - to Australia to purchase equines for the Imperial government. The - Kootenay Monumental Works, Nelson, B;-C; maTjnfac-- ture all sizes and kinds of headstones and monuments. s -THE WAGON ROADS. With an appropriation' of $65,- 000 there will be much activity in the building of wagon roads around Greenwood this summer. Three outfits went to work this week, and more will be added in a few days. The bridge across the Kettle river, three miles east of Rock Creek has been finished and is now practically open for traffic. The wagon road starting near the City Hall is being continued a mile and a half to connect the old road. An easier grade is being made to the No. 7 mine, in order to cut out the heavy hill leading to the Ruby mine. ~ West of the Midway coal mine some rock work is being done, and the road widened. At Boundary {Falls the road is being improved, and in a short time the main road between Rock Creek and Eholt will be a ceedit to any country. New roads will be commenced when proper reports are made and commended. CARMI NOTES Turner & Co. are working nine men on their five mile right of way contract commencing three miles above town. They expect to finish by the first of May. Another gang is clearing three miles commencing at Carmi and expect to get through about tho same time. The citizens met in the Carrai hotel on Saturday ouening and organized the Carmi Board of Trade, with tho following officers: Hon. Pres., Jas. J. Warren; Pres., Edward G.Smith* Vice Pres., J. W. Nelson; Sec, I. Crawford; Treas., Father Ferroux; Expp.h live (Continued on last ���������."(���������''���������*) , *"��������� I ,n - ' w^smmssissmin mM$^������kffl - ���������' ''t THE LEDGE, GREENWOOD, BRITISH. COLUMBIA THE LEDGE Is located at Greenwood, B. C., aml can be traced to many parts of the earth. It comes to the front every Thursday morning, and believes that hell would close up if *0ve ruled the world. It believes in justice to everyone; from the man who mucks in the mine to the king who sits on the cushionS of the throne. II believes that ad- " vertising is the life of trade; atfd that one of the noblest works of creation is the man who always pays the printer. The Ledge is $2.00 a year m advance, 0r $2.50 when not so paid. It is postage free to all parts 0f Canada. Mexico, Great Britain and thc county of Bruce. To the United States it is $2.50 a year, always in advance. R. T. LOWERY editou an*> financier. GREENWOOD, APRIL 4, 1912. A bluo mark hero indicates that y0llr Subscription has become deceased, and that th.0 editor would once more liko to coimnuno with your collateral. THE ELECTIONS arrive in that city next Octobor. To the man in love his sweetheart always looks beautiful, even though to others, she looks as ugly as an angry porcupine. would like to have tho reputation of Mark Twain, or Lincoln, or Bernard Shaw. It would be just for the sheer delight of being heard. Whatever I gay now sinks into the soft grey of universal inattention. Though I spoak with tho tongue of angels, though I utter words of exquisite silver, though my sentences be as warm as Cowoggio's, pictures or as tastily wrought as a cup of Benvenulo Cellini, T and my words and work aro trampled under the hoofs of the multitudes of obscurity. Therefore I could wish the gods might give mo un hour of plain, cheap, vulgar fame, so that before I speak, club women might ring a bell for silence, and when I speak I might hoar my innocuous plati- ttido caught up as something precious and passed on from lip to lip, and that thus T might admire myself in the reverberating echoes of my intellectual thunder. Reputation fame, a pedestal, raises a man to the nth power. I have seen congregations convulsed at a bishop's milky wit; I have Prairie Provinces,and this will continue unless some effort is made to attract the industrious man with small capital, and make it possible for him to exist whilst working to convert the forest into arable land with an earning capacity. British Columbia imports nearly twenty million dollars worth of agricultural products per annum, consequently extravagent prices are charged to residents in the cities, and yet we havo the land which can produce more than wo need, and could export instead of import. Is not this problem worthy of tho serious consideration of a great statesman, tho solving of which will place him in the front ranks and leave tho puorilo politician 'leagues behind in the estimation of tho present ond coming generation? From a sound business-like standpoint it can bo dono, and for this many thanks aro due to the able management of public affairs by tho Government of this Province. Wo now havo a surplus in place of tho former deficit, the stir ���������ce" J. A four Razors Honed | and Your Baths ;at J ft fi. W. Farmer & Co., REAI, -ESTATE, Rock Creek, B. C. GREENWOOD. 6&&&&&*Z<&&M>&&_<&&>&&&&1.&& WT_ .Tiff Greenwood Miners . r.' JM. Uni������-*' N������- 22>w- ��������� A ��������� 1VA. F M) mpots 0> Saturday evening- in Union Hall, Copper street, Greenwood, at 7. Also in, hall at, Mother Lode mine L'i'iday evening's at 7. BERT de WIElX Seoty f JX JX JX JX JX JX Jit JX JX jX jX j������ jj jX jjt jx jfi .**. ���������*. ���������-*. 1 LYNN CREEK DAIRY Tub result of tho elections last week show that tho people of B. C. havo wonderful confidence, in the McBride government. It remains with the government to I'Gtain that confidence, by maintaining an ad- ministration of public affairs that will bo just, honest and progress ive. A. one-sided government is liable to swell in the upper stope, < AwJ(B ^ ^ Harry .fc ^ and lose its pedal extremities. |y0Ul. oW��������� ^ ^ you ^ ^ read hay books by famous writers; , . ������, .__ _.. .. , . , ' P'ns of $8,000,000, if left with a I havo heard tho maundorings of L��������� , .��������� b bank will earn 3 per cent, per mayors and governors applauded L���������, ~ . '.,, fa " annum. Can any tangible ohjec- wildly. I wonder what I'd look L. , . , . *T ~ tion bo raised against tho Govem- Mke under the magnifying glass!��������� m���������. . ,. , , ,. J b b menfc investing a part of this sur DELIVERED To any part of the city or district , CO., 1/T'D. Leaves Mother I<ode 9,30 a. m. ' 6:30 p. in. Leaves Greenwood 2:00 p. m. -8:30 p. m. J.McDONELL, Proprietor GREENWOOD and MIDWAY STAGE ^Leaves Greenwood for Spokane at 7 a. m., and for Oroville at 2:30 p. m. " Charles Russell. . I .2:00 p. <m. ,-'.5 ^ -8:30 p. m. *$ *i ��������� <% ���������% Saturday last stage ' leaves t % Mother Lode6p.m. Returning-, ^ ^ leaves Greenwood 10 n. in. **& ������S . ��������� *t "l - 1 ^ Greenwood Office 5' *> NORDEN HOTEL *- ���������JX JX JX JX JX JX JX JX JX Jfi St JX J* JX JX JX JX About Float. Float is not a periodical. It is a book containing' 86 ' . illustrations all told, and .-,; is filled with sketches and , stories of western life. It -' tolls how a gambler cashed in after the-flush" days of ' .' Sandon ; how it rained in : . New Denver - long after ' Noah..was dead; :how���������a ,V . parson took, a drink*.at ���������'/ BearXake in iearly days ; :' how-justice was dealt in ��������� Kaslo in '93; how tho Frank Fletcher *, Provincial Land Surveyor,"' Nelson,-B.C. Dr. Frank Crane. Moving picture shows damage tho sight, and in some eases lower the morals of those who attend them regularly. Drunk with power a government ia apt to lose its footing and tunable into the sump of defeat. With McBride at the helm the ship of . state need not fear the breakers ou tho outside; but it may be Scuttled by- its own crew. That is the danger that now besets tho B. O. government, and wo pray that ib will nover happen, for we "mortally hato to see a good thing go to pieces through internal strife and bickerings. Both rich and poor are tarred with tho same stick. They will both play the cinch when they hold the top hand. Hence the continual strife between labor and capital. When mud meets mud then comes the strike, and strike-breaker. Both side3 need more love, and fewer brick-bats. win in Nelson. Bruce's spider. Do not forget EvebY good quality is noxious if unmixed, and that is wby every government should have a stiff Opposition. ��������� Ii* all country landlords receive the same treatment, there will be little roar about Bowser's Liq-uor Act. Dast month two policeman were killed in B. c. We should organ- Practieal Socialism At a Cranbrook meeting A. E. Watts, Wattsburg, submitted a proposal for the more rapid development of the agricultural resources of the Province. Several speakers expressed their approval, and a resolution was passed requesting Mr. Watts to submit the proposal to the Premier for his consideration. In submitting the matter to the meeting Mr. Watts said that whilst we all admit that the rapid expansion or construction of railways is of the greatest importance permanent prosperity cannot be attained if we do not provide something for them to transport. -Mines and timber become sooner or later exhausted, but the productive capacity of the soil re- izo a Society to protect our police- m���������- en * mains with us if properly cared for; and that the proposal he was submitting could be made to answer Evisx the poets are not raving much abont the spring that is now touching ns with its icy Augers. No amount of education can take the place of tho elegance that AltrroGri a veteran the editor of comes from birth. this pappr is always willing to receive advice as to how this, paper should be conducted. We have picked up many a valuable pointer from green hands, for sometimes a deckhand can see things unnoticed by tho man at the wheel. The world will bo better when every church is turned into a sclioolhoiise. It seems qniet natural that a water man should head the poll in Vancouver. Jy you would live long and well h0VQ hflfl neyer been U8e(1 nf? tho keep smiling, and be cheerful Under all circumstances. It will also help if you drink nothing but distilled water, and a sip or two of olive oil daily. For the first time in the history of the world tho Liberals received a complete whitewash in B. C. last week. They can uow sit down in tho back seats, and sassthe umpire. basis for any government. If We were all blind would never u8e paint. women Tastes differ. Even if this is the poorest advertising town in Canada we would rather edit Greenwood's leading excitement than be premier of the Dominion. With hardly an exception a belief, religious or political, is something borrowed, and comes to Us down the trail of time like an echo from some far-off canyon. Wheiv priests disagree the truth comes to the surface. A douak in the bank is worth two i������ the pocket. WATcn* tho oyc for love, and the nioutb for passion. Some birds are too shy to sing iQ the open. ��������� It is a wiso hen that knows, her own eggs. Tab world needs a new Bible. '���������'���������'" There is at least one redeeming ��������� feature about the Socialist who secured - a Place in the B. C. Legislature last week. He has a short name. . It should be a good time to open a school of deportment in Nelson, Thinking Themes Of course> I enj0y *j*q0 rjCUi ^0 hand but itches to clutch money, that golden Jovian thunderbolt of power, that wand that makes all men and w0men leap and stare, that Aladdin lamp that brings the ends of the earth running to build your palace and cushion your feet. But more I onVy them that have Tho Duke of Connaught is due to 'a great Narno. jUBfc ft wh���������0 the claims of those- who curse capital and preach Socialism as the euro for all ills and abuses, that this was a practical form of Socialism and no man need be [without profitable work, and the poorest man could really become a working partner with the State or Province. There can be no difference of opinion as to the most urgent needs of the Provinco being population and capital to develop her magnificent resources, and that large cities are being developed much more rapidly than the country resources upon which the cities must rely eventually for their support and subsistance. And unless the agricultural capabilities of the country are developed' in proportion to the growth of the cities this Proviuce is more than likely to meet with tho same conditions now prevailing in Spokane and Seattle, and other largo cities in tho TJ. S., owing principally to tho great development of cities, and the surrounding country having little or no earning capacity.' The first essential thing to produce permanent wealth is agriculture. A country composed of small farms with industrious people is the most quickly recuperative after adverse circumstances or great catastrophies. France after the disastrous war with Germany and her rapid recovery provides an object lesson in that respect. ', British Columbia has the undeveloped land, but accompanied with disadvantages, the most formidable being the great; cost of clearing land and preparing it for cultivation, and this is the principal reason why wo are behind in tho competition for population and plus for the purpose of assisting poor industrious men to tame nature and to convert the now useless land into its possible earning capacity, and feed tho increasing population "of the cities at a reduced cost? That is one advantage, but many others will follow. I suggest that the Government should lend money to bona fide settlers at 8 per cent per annum, and hold a mortgage on the property, that the money be advanced only as the impiovements are done, and- this to be in the hands and at the discretion of a non political commission in each- district. One "per cent should pay the cost of administration. The Government for the peoplo will make 4 per cent, profit, that is, over what a bank is paying for the surplus' now held. Consequently, the Provinco receive the beuefit not only in that but - in the fact that tho taxible value of the land will be increased, and that by the influx of population, merchants and all industries will receive their share of the benefits which accrue from the consequent expansion and development of tho resources of the country. The thought may occur that, the surplus would soon be absorbed, even so, there is plenty of capital the Government could secure by issuing bonds at 4 per cent, which would be readily tak'en up for a purpose of such national importance and with such a solid security. This is a suggestion in its crude form and I have discussed it with many of the leading people of all shades of political opinion, and no one so far has expressed " anything but approval of tbe scheme. ALLRED.POULTRYYARD MY.VCASTBR, n. C, EXCLUSIVELY Pen r.���������Headed by "Vic," au ideal bird, winning ist at Seattle, Belliug- ham and Vancouver, ancl special by R. I. Red Club of America for best colored male at Seattle. Mated to him are twelve fine pullets. Pen 2.���������Headed by"Tiin," a grand cockerel, from winning stock at Trail and Nelson, with whom is mated twelve good colored pulle'ts. Pen 3.���������Is made up of good utility birds, all thorobreds. KGGS- Pens i and 2 - ��������� $s per 15 Pen 3 - - $3 per 15 A prize of $5 will be given at the next Greenwood Fair for the best bird raised from my eggs. Leave orders at the store of Russell-Law-Caulfield, Co. J. R. CAMERON, Leading Tailor'of the Kootenays. KASLO, B. C. HAVE YOUR PHOTO TAKEN ���������BY- ��������� 3. H. JAMES of Greenwood. = , saloon man outprayed the women in Kalamazoo, "and graphically .depicts tho roamings of a western editor among'' the tendor- feot in tlio cent-bolt. It contains tho early history of Nelson and a romance of tho -Silver King mine. In it .are printed, threo western poems,'and doz- onsof articles too numer-' ous to mention. Send for ono before it is too^latc. Tlie price is 25 cents; postpaid to any part of the- world. Address all .let- '." ters to STARKEY & CO. "' nelson, b.c. '��������� , , . wholesale ' dealers in Produce and Provisions R^:T.;L,oweryr GEEENWOOD, B. C. Don't Be/HOODWINKED .WE NEVER CHANGE BRANDS TO HORSEMEN "REVEUR," a Pedigreed Per- cheron Stallion, - imported from France, weight 2,000 pounds, will stand from May ist, as follows:��������� Mondays and Tuesdays, S. T. Lar- sen's, Rock Creek; Wednesdays and Thursdays, Lancashire Barn, Midway ; rest ot week at Stooke's ranch. Rates, $io\ by the week, >'5; to insure foal.'jjtao. C. P. C. Rock, owner and manager TheBRILLIANTES Are the Best Clear Havanas in Canada Made Ijy Union Labor in the best Hygienic Factory in tlie country. Call for', tliem and get value for your money in- . stead of rope WILBERG &WOLZ, Prop. B.C. Clear ; Factory, New Westminster, B. C. .. Greenwood City .Waterworks Company a. ��������� SIWOKE., Mountaineer, and Kootenay Standard Cigars. Made by J. C. .THELIN & Co., NELSON. CITV JX jt JX JX JX JX JX JX.JX JX JX JX JX JX JJ JX JX T. THOMAS f CLOTHES CLEANED PRESSED AND REPAIRED ? TAILOR - GREENWOOD ������ J? IT *> JP JP j? ^ fi- & jf jf jp jy, ^ ,f. jp ������ Baggage transferred to any part of the City. Furniture moved to any part of the District.. General Dray ing of all kinds. SIDNEY OLIVER. LOWERY'S CLAIM During the 37 months that Lowery's Claim was on earth it did business all over, the-world... It was tho most unique, independent ond fearless journal ������ver produced in Canada. Political and theological enemies pursued it with the- venom of a rattlesnake until the government.shut it out of the mails, and its editor .ceasad to publish it, pa/ty on account of a lazy liver and partly bec.iuse it takes a pile of money to run a paper that is outlawed. Iherfi are still 20 different editions of this condemned journal in print. Send 10 cents and get one or $2 and get the bunch. R.T. LOWEKY, . , Greenwood, B. O ' ' Took No Chances "I made a mistake," said Plod- fling Pete.'. "I told that man up the road I needed a iittle help 'cause I was lookin' for me family from whom I have been separated foryears. " "Didn't .that make him come across?'' "He couldn't see it. He said dat he didn't know my family, but he wasn't going to help in bringing any such trouble on 'em." -Washington Star. In Short There are some persons who seem to take deep interest in the question how not to please. To keep yourself pleased and happy is an ideal way of getting even with your enemies. A way not to be recommended no ... . . in keeping a secret is to get some- capital ln comparison with the body to help you. AFMI is situated on the West Fork of the Kettle nver, at its junction with Wilkinson creek, It is 57 miles from Greenwood and on a larZ J"! ff0nlGfand Fo**s' ������ is located riveVTnP ^������n^hewcst bank of the Kettle. ^uu^nmg fampf' F^ the next two years it will be the supply point for the Kettle Valley railway during the construction of that road to Pentfcv ton, 0/ miles, CARMI has mining, timber and agricultural resources of great value, It has gold minis right at the townsite, and is a good smelter site, Lots are being sold at from $50 to $250 each, Invest your money at home, For further particulars apply to CARMI TOWNSITE CARMI, B. C. CO., ./������������������'��������� f"1 , THE LEDGE, GREENWOOD, BRITISH, COLUMBIA. WESTERN - - HOTELS. THE KOOTENAT SALOON Sandon, B. 0., has a line of nerve bracers unsurpassed in any mountain town oi the Great" West. A glass of aqua pura given free with 1 spirits menti. 1/ NKtVMAlCKBX HOTJEt, ;i .Is the home for all tourists and millionaires''visiting1 New' Don- ver, British'Columbia: i��������� , Ilunry Stogc. Propr. , THK PBOVINCB HOTEL Grand Forks.'is a large'tnree- story brick hotel that, provides the public with'good meals and , pleasant rooms. A new building but the same old rates. . . , lCm.il I.aison, Proprietor, UltlDKSVIIGLE HOTEX. ' . r Bridesville, B. C. Provides excellent accommodation for touiists and travellers.. Fresh Eggs and Butter. Special Irish Whiskey always on hand. ' THOMAS WALSH, Proprietor. LONDON AND PAEIS JLAKEVIEW nOTKL in Nelson, B" C, employs all white help ��������� and is a home for the world'at $1.00 a day. , i Nap. Mallette; Proprietor. HOTEL CASTLEGAR, Castlegar June- i j ��������� tion.. All modern. Excellent acconioclations for tourists and drummers. Boundarytrain leaves ' ' ' here at 9.10 a.m. .W. II. CAGE, Proprietor The British Capital Wears1 a Sombre Face but the Laugh is Ever in "Gay Poree." WHAT "Al AT LLOtfDS" MEANS A TTell Known Phrase to Most People, but Few are Fumlliar with its Keal Significance. \i thk kasi.o noTicr. Kaslo, B. C��������� is a comfortable home for ali-who travel to that] 1 city. , - , . - Cooklo & Fnpworln. SHRRRltOOKK HOUSE ' Nelson; B C' Ono minute's walk from C. P. it station.' Cuisine ������ unexcelled; Well heated and ven- tilnted. - * LAVINGE & DUNK. Propilctors. GRANITECREEK HOTEL ., Granite Creek, B. C. Headquarters,for miners, prospectors and railroad men. Good stabling in' 1 " connection. Tasty meals and pleasant rooms. , , ' - < " H.G00D1SS0N, Proprietor. GRAND UNION HOTEL Ilcdley, B., C. American plan and moderate rates. First-class mineral display from all sections ���������and will exchange for specimens from any part of the world. Re- i liable information will be given investors and working men. ANTON WINKLER, Proprietor. TIUCMONT nOUSE '" Nelson, B.C.,ifl run on tho -Ani- eric.'n and European plan. Steam heated rooms. All white-labor. . Special 'attention, paid to dining- room. , .j. K - HuiiRomo & Ciinipliell, Props, HOTEL KEREMEOS Opposite depot. ' Extensive alter- - '��������� ations have recently been made ..rendering this hotel one of the -most comfortable-'in the interior. , A- choice selection of liquors and cigars. New pool room and sample rooms in*connection. -* ' - ,* 'Mrs.'A. **��������� KIRBY. TULAMEEN HOTEL , i ' Princeton, B. C . is the headquarters for miners, investors and railroad men. A fine location and everything first class KIRKPATRICK & MALONE, Proprietors. ALGOMA HOTEL Deadsvood, B. _Q. This hotel is within jeasy distance of Greenwood and provides a comfortable home for ^travellers. The bar has the best of wines, liquors and cigars. JAMES HENDERSON, Proprietor - Bank of Montreal,, r ' ESTABLISHED 1817 " Capital, all paid up, $15,413,000. Rest, $15,000,000. UNDIVIDKI> PROFITS, #1,855,18*' 30 Hon.'President: Lord Stratiicona and Mount Royal, G. C. M.G. President: R. B.-Angus, Esq. ��������� Vice-President: Sir E. S. Clouston, Bart. General Manager: H. V. Meredith, Esq. ' -* Branches in London, Eng, {&&���������1s!} New York, Chicago * * i Buy and Sell Sterling Exchange and Cable Transfers. Grant Commercial and Travellers' Credits, available in any part of the world. SAVINGS-BANK DEPARTMENT I"^^Sat London Is the world's male-city. It ever remains a o\ty, or If it take on a soul it ls'.that of some terrific, almost Inhuman, force. You nev^r turn smiling on It when you arrive, or smile to yourself when you think of It, 'as' one" thought of a loved "one. London Receives you with a preoccupied air, Is sombre, heavy browed. It has serious affairs to think of, and cannot relax to smile on you and make you welcome. You cannot take It by the arm and make free with it. You feel there would be'wondering, accusing eyes on you if you did anything which would -break the sober monotony of the usual, the ordered. ���������You must walk sedately, be of * the crowd, keep on the pavement. ��������� In > Paris one who does anything, however foolish, however odd, to bring some colour, some variety into life is welcomed. Parisians love' the unusual, the Improvised, the daring. You know approving, sympathetic eyes on you as you parade your emotions, air your eccentricities, or defy convention in any form. The French do not see -why shows should be kept for theatres, only; they would have their streets a stage, with a thrill* at every corner. That is why the flamboyant Bohemian, the poet, the dreamer, the lover, all half-mad souls' thoso who scorn conventions because- their minds are on bigger things are at home there. ���������' The soul that iooks out of the eyes of Paris ia that of one who 'has lived, and loved, and tasted life's many goblets, and remained young,-and gay,' and above all tolerant in spite of all her experiences. 'She will look with* an Indulgent eye on your follies, for' she has known them, and will know them again; she^vill laugh on a sigh at'your extravagances, knowing how fleeting Is the season when one dare be exuberant; she will take you to her heart, and with strange lures make you forget she has had other lovers; she will let you go, the old half-mocking, half-tender' smile still on her lips. Gone with her may be your Illusions and your faith, but forget her you cannot,' ever. ' CHLOROFOKMItfG PLANTS Greenwood Branch - C. B. Winter, Mgrr. WHOLESALE GROCERS Corner Smythe and Beattie St's, VANCOUVER, B. C 71 Agents for STIRT0N & DYER Cigars The Best Value of any Cigar made in Canada Brands: SALOME. SAVANNAH. SMART SET, CARIBOO. UTOPIA. TEMPERANCE :| '- is all right if shorn of huuibiiggery: - Too much water drinking is just as injurious as too much liquor'or anything else. OUR. PURE WINES AND LIQUORS' are medicinal if not abused. Every household should have a- moderate supply of pure wines.or liquors in the closet for emergency���������either unexpected visitors or sudden illness, when,a drop of pure liquor, in time may: forestall all necessity for drugs. \ greenwood Liquor Company, Importers, Greenwood, B. & _ ^nimmmmmmfnmmmmfnmfnmnimmmmmmfng. 1 Greenwood to Phoenix Stage I Si~ Leaves Greenwood Daily at 3 p. m. 3 g Arrives Greenwood Daily at 10 a. m. =3 S~ GREENWOOD OFFICE - - CLUB CIGAR STORE 3 Latest Idea to Promote Raped Growth of Plants Is to Compel Sleep. One would think, at first sight, that an anesthetic would retard the blossoming of a plant, instead of hastening it. The action would seem, however, to resemble that of a man who takes a sleeping-draught in the afternoon so that he might get to sleep earlier and wake at 2 a.m. to take a train. \ It was found by experiment that In plants, as In animals, ether and chloroform cause "every Indication of sleep, and during the past few years the system of treating plants in this way, to hasten them through the resting periods, has been adopted com- ctally with extraordinary success. Thus, ''a lilac-bush may be lifted from the ground at the end of the summer, while the "leaves are still on it, and kept for several hours under the influence of ether.' By this means such an effect Is produced on the tissues as it would have taken Nature months to accomplish. It is now easily possible to flower lilac twice ia the same year by etherising the plant and subsequently forcing it in the hot-house. Plants to be etherised are brought first Into a dry condition at top and root, and then placed in an airtight structure. The door is sealed,.and the ether applied through a small- hole In the roof Into a vessel is the house, and the fumes, being heavier than the atmosphere, hang about near the floor, where the plants are arranged. The ether has the effect of drying up the moisture in the tissues, and it is thought that In the natural rest of plantB there Is a gradual-drying process at work, which, for want of better knowledge, the cultivator describes as the ripening of tho tissues." In the first place, it may be as well to explain that Lloyd's it not an in- Buranoe company. It la simply a combination of individual members, each member transacting his own business, but being bound by the common rules. In other words, Lloyd's does not Insure as a , body,, all business being transacted by ��������� Individual members^ Theso members divide the risk, each' member taking,.a small proportion only. - ���������> ��������� " ��������� >' ' Thus, In the case of a policy for $5000 it is 'quite" probable that the risk would be' split up between ten members. Bach of these members would sign the policy, stating the amount of risk "undertaken. As the signatures are written" on the policy, one'under the other, the meaning of the term "underwriter" becomes apparent. ; In the case of a-large policy, there may be columns of names, and so it would happen that should a vessel be wrecked no Individual person would be responsible' for the whole loss, in the case of disaster no member would have to pay more than the amount underwritten by him. It /requently happens that the fractional risk taken by an underwriter may be underwritten ��������� again ��������� by other people, who will thus share his loss, If such occurs. ' ( ' Lloyd's was started about tho year 1688 by Edward Lloyd, the first of the Lloyds, who kept a coffee shop in Tower Street, and who at the same time provided such facilities for marine insurance that his name has always remained as the title of the association of underwriters who transact business under its auspices. Lloyd's "grew and prospered. So much so that the members mado fortunes. The years 1811 and 1871 were red letter years in the history of the. association, the former witnessing the organisation of the company on the lines on which it ds still conducted, and the latter the Act of Incorporation. In every port and upon every coast Lloyd's'are represented, and at the present moment there are no less than 2000 agents stationed all over the globe. The movements of every ship from point to point are known to these men, and, as they are in constant communication with headquarters in London, the latter are in a position to answer all inquiries relative to vessels In which Lloyd's are interested." -',*"* Marine insurance and marine information are the * specialities of Lloyd's, but every kind of risk is undertaken. The underwriters will Insure any person against practically any Imaginable contingency. THE ITALIAN AT HOME Sober, Frugal and Withal, Cheerful, . the Italian iu His Native Haunts ,' Exists Pleasurablj. The Italian peasant, poor and overtaxed, is of necessity economical, but he Is by temperament sober and frugal in -his mode of life. Macaroni and,olive oil seem.to.be his staple articles of diet. Beans with oil and salt are held by the peasantry to be a dish fit for the gods. Chestnut trees flourish on the Apennines, and the nuts form a nutritive food ��������� even being ground into flour and made into a kind of bread ���������, for the poorer peasants of the country. The dwellers in the Italian towns are also, 'for the most part, frugal and abstemious in their habits; they eat and drink sparingly and are good cooks. They are, too, addicted to such harmless pleasures as caferor theatre visiting, There on Sunday or Thursday nights (the latter the weekly "half-holiday) the good burgher and his wife may be seen elad in their Sunday best. They spend little, but seem to enjoy life. Thc Italian woman is clover with her needle, and does wonders In tho way o'f dress. But she is proud, and would rather stay at home than look shabby or unfashionable in public. They dress carefully, and are caTeful of their dress, and men and women are Invariably well groomed. Awav In the South of Italy, where even the aristocracy are impoverished, those who cannot afford to keep a carriage and a pair of horses (and this Is imperative in such circles), a number of families will club together to use a common- vehicle in turn on certain days of the week, and by a simple arrangement they are each able to drive out In a coach that bears on its panels their own particular armorial device. " Unequalled for Domestic Use. STOPS COUGHS HEALS THELUNGS 1 PRICE. 25 CENTS NEW ADVERTISING SCALE. The newspapers in Greenwood, Phoenix and Grand Forks have adopted the following scale for legal advertising: Application for Liquor Licence (30 days) $5.oo. Certificate of Improvement Notice (60 days) $7.50 Application to Purchase Land Notices (60 days) $7.50 Delinquent Co-owner Notices (90 days) f, 10.00 Water Notices (small) ?7-50 All other legal advertising, 12 cents a line, single column, for the first insertion; and 8 cents a line for each subsequent insertion. Nonpariel measurement Send for a catalogue of headstones and. monuments, made by the Kootenay Monumental Works, Nelson, B. O. ' A S S A V E ***? E. W. WIDDOWSON, Assayer and Chemist, 'Box B1108, Nelson, B, C. Charges:���������Gold, Silver, Lead or Copper,, $1 each. Gold-Silver, or Silver-Lead, ������1.50. Prices for other metals: Coal, Cement, Fireclay analyses on application. The largest custom assay office in British Columbia.-..* . ��������� WARS COST IN "CASH Military Men Calculnte the Ruinous Cash Outlay Entailed by a Modern Franco-German War. Bad Times for Noblest One sign of the prevailing hard times lu Germany Is the appearance in the newspapers of advertisements of noblemen seeking ready-made fo*> tunes with wives attached. The demand for " heiresses, American and otherwise, was never so great as now. Titles .in the market range from Princes downward, and even the staid old "Vossische Zeitung" contains the following advertisement:��������� - ��������� Prince, 28 yeara old, of noble appearance, wishes immediate marriage condition, $125,000. This is typical of many other advertisements. It would seem also that there are almost as many heiresses looking out for titled husbands, as witness the following tempting announcements:��������� Refined, handsome young lady of 24, multl-marrlonalres, seeks a Count In military service. Countess, possessing millions, but divorced, seeks a second match with a gentleman bearing a noble title. Always Her "At Home" Day Carpenter-mason birds would probably own the hornbllls as the head of their profession. A pair of these birds make their nest in the trunk of a tree, and the female, when about to lay her eggs, enters'the hole and does not come away until the eggs are hatched. There is no way out, for her lord calmly fastens her in by plastering up the hole through which she has entered, leaving only >a narrow slit through which she can thrust out her beak to be fed by -him. The male has a haTd time in feeding her and the whole family which Is presently hatched. Still, his family costs him less than does that of "the elder- duck, which plucks the down from its snowy breast to line her nest. Birds build pretty well everywhere, with all -manner of material. The Idng-fisher is content'to have evll- smelling fish-bones in the hollow tree-trunk in which it lays its eggs; the hoopoe, similarly housed, has a nest which smells vilely, apparently as a means of protection. A bare ledge of rock for a sea-bird, a hole in the sand for the ostrich, a mound of decaying vegetation acting as a natural Incubator for the eggs of the brush- turkey; nests of leaves, nests of spiders' webs, nests of dainty lichens; nests shaped like cups, like bottles, like hammocks, like sugar-loaves; nests made from a sort of glue from the bird's mouths���������there is no end to the variety of nest-making, from the simplest to the most complex. The Army and Navy Gazette calls attention'very appropriately to this subject. ��������� The war of 1870-71 cost France 12 milliards of francs, while some French writers set down the cost at about 10 millards. The cost from July 17, 1870, to the 18th of the following May, on which day tlie Treaty of Frankfort was ratified, was 1,912,000,000 francs. or about $385,- 000,000, this 'being for war charges, properly so called. This sum works out at something like $1,560,000 per day. But, if other indirect charges are included, and the vast indemnity of five milliards, with its interest be added, the total cost of the war is brought up to the colossal figure of $1,970,000,000, and to a rate of some $8,100,000 per day. The cost of the war to Germany ia estimated, with contingent charges, and the reorganisation of the Army, but not the ordinary military budget, to have been $675,000,000. In modern conditions a year of war would cost France $2,200,- 000,000 while for Germany the outlay would be something approaching the vost sum of $5,600,000,000. |H. M. LAING, PROPRIETOR 3 iiiiiuiiuaaiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiaiiiiiiiai^iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiii^ WINDSOR HOTEL The Windsor Hotel is one of the best furnished hotels in the West. It is located in thc heart of Greenwood and withiu easy reach of all the financial and commercial institutions of the Copper Metropolis. Heated with steam and lit by electricity. Commodious sample rooms. The bar Is replete with all modern beverages and tlie cafe never closes. Rooms reserved by telegraph. The Windsor Hotel Co J. E Cartler, Mgr. ALEXANDRA HOTEL OKANOGAN FALLS ��������� This hotel is situated in one : of the most delightful sec- tions of the Okanogan and provides ample and pleasant accommodation for the tourist, sportsman and farmer. ' Information about the district cheerfully furnished. Stage line to 'Oroville, and steamer on thc lake. ARNOTT & MINE Proprietors Lest Her Vivacity A few days ago two young ladies hailed a tramcar, entered it, and found only standing room. One of them whispered to her companion:��������� "I'm going to get a seat from ono of theso. mon. You take notice." She looked down tho row of men and selected a sedato gentleman who bore tho general settled appearance of a married man. She sailed up to him, and opened fire:��������� "My dear Mr. Green t How delight- a strangor. Will I accept your seat? Well, I do feel tired. I heartily admit. Thank you so much." The sedate gentleman ��������� a total stranger, of course ��������� looked, listened, then quietly rose and gave her his seat, saying:��������� "Sit down, Jano, my girl. Don't often see you out on a washing day. You must fool tired, I'm sure. How's your mistress?" The young lady got her seat, but lost hor vivacity. Opening Up the "West Lands One of the most remarkable features of the railroading In Western Canada this year has been the unflagging energy of the Canadian Pacific Railway officials in pushing forward its branch lines to completion. Despite the fact that the company has had to pay big prices for construction gangs, owing to the scarcity of labor, hundreds of miles of new road have been built, and good services Inaugurated, greatly to the convenience of incoming settlers. What is probably the longest of these new branch lines was opened for traffic oarly In November ��������� the Reglna-Colonsay branch. There were really two branches open, as.at Vale-' port Junction, 24 miles from Regina, a sub-line leaves the big branch and runs to Bulyes. From Regina to Con- lonsay It Is 133 miles, while from Valeport to Bulyes it Is 19 miles, The Gael and His Societies The "clan society" is, of necessity, a comparatively modern Institution. In the days when nearly all the bearers of a surname were to be found in one Highland region, united for mutual protection, owning -direct personal allegiance to their chief, the olan Itself was literally a clan society. There is, Indeed, a notable similarity between the causes of coherence in the old days of the clan and in the new days of the clan society. Both were groups of people of the same name, who olalmed the right to elect their own leaders, who considered themselves as members of one great family, and, as such, bound to help each other in adversity, sickness, or danger. It Is interesting to note that there is a traceable relationship between the time of a clan's misfortune as a historical entity and its formation of itself into the modern form of association ��������� the clan society. Two of the most cruelly wronged clans in Scotland were the Mackays and the Macgregors. Each became the victim of harsh oppression, though in dissimilar forms, and we find that theso two clans were among the very first to adapt themselves to the new conditions, and, though exiled from their ancient lands, to ally their respective members to face the new problems as resolutely as their forefathers had faced the old. MINERAL ACT. Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE "St. Lawrence" and "Copper Queen" Mineral Claims, situate in the Greenwood Mining Division of Yale District. Where located:���������In Carmi camp. TAKE NOTICE that I, Isaac H. Hallett, as agent for Norman Moriison, Free Miner's Certificate No. B29365, intend, sixty clays from tlie date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for Cer- ificates of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining "Crown Grants of the above claims. And further lake notice that acliou, under section 37, must be commenced before the issue of such Certificates of Improvements. Dated this 16th clay "of January, A. D. 1911. I. H. HALLETT. EHOLT, B, G John fltte^ellatf Propricter. , ��������� ��������������������������� COUNTY COURT OF YALE. A SITTING of tlie County Court of Yale will be liolden nt the Oouit Hoiiae, Gieemvood. on Tuesday tho 23rd day of April, 1012, lit eleven o'clock in the foienoon. By order, W. G. McMYNN, Registrar C. C. of Y. NcVcr Too Late Character may be improved, and it should bo guarded and kept bright. Reformation is praiseworthy, and it ia never too late for people to reform, and change and mend their ways. Reformation puscoeds from within, and Is independent of external circumstances. It may be produced by some good 'thought which enters and fJxes on tho mind, or it may come from the light produced from the flame developed by a spark of goodness which entered the heart,- and radiates, and transforms darkness into.light over the wholo character, Thore have been many instances of people that have not seen, or corrected, the errors of their ways until they reached middle age, and ���������they then turned over a new leaf, and became good aud useful members of the community. The British Blue-Jacket The British Navy is essentially a service which keeps very much to Itself, the consequence Delng that the public know very little of what goes on Inside of the mystic circle of reticence. It is, however, a profession in which the moat loyal co-operation between officers and men has to be the rule if good results are to be forthcoming. That they are forthcoming is only too evident when we ���������read In the newspapers of ships doing well at target practice, etc. A naval life Is perforce a very hard one, for Bailors all the world over, and unlike their comrades in the Army, are always living under active service conditions. They'always have the elements, the most powerful and merciless of foes, to contend with, and when folk ashoro are listening to the wind howling In their chimneys, our sailors are at sea preparing themselves for the day whon our right to the title "Mistress of tho Seas" will be disputed. That they take it cheerfully may bo deduced from the remark of one old salt of a bygone ern, wlio. In a southwesterly gale in the'English Channel, and the foretopmast of nls ship having just broken off close to the cap, remarked to his chum, "Lor' bless me, Bill, but I'm werry glad I ain't ashore. Just think as 'ow the chimbley pots u'd be flyin' about In this 'ere breeze!" That remark sums up tho spirit of the present day man-of-war's man very succinctly, for above all things he Is a. person who takes the rough with the smooth in a philosophical way, having been bred to danger since the day of his entry Into the service. Synopsis of Coal Mining Regulations. ������"*OAL mining rights of the Dominion, ^^ in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and in a portion of British Columbia, may be leased for a term of twenty-one years at an annual rental of $i an acre. Not more than 2,560 acres will be leased to one applicant. Application for a lease must be made by the applicant in person to the Agent or Sub-Agent of the district iu which the rights applied for are situated. In surveyed territory the land must be described by sections, or legal sub-divisions of sections, and in unsnrveyed territory the tract applied for shall be staked out by the applicant himself. Each'application must be accompanied by a fee of $5 which will be refunded if the rights applied for are not available, but not otherwise. A royalty shall be paid on the merchantable output of the mine al the rate of five cents per ton. The person operating the mine shall furnish the Agent with sworn returns accounting for the full quantity of merchantable coal mined ancl pay the royalty thereon: If the coal mining rights are not being operated, such returns should be furnished at least once a year. The lease will include the coal mining rights only, but the lessee may be permitted to purchase whatever available surface rights may be.considered necessary .for the working of the mine at the rate of Jto.oo an acre. For full information application should be made to the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Ottawa, or to any Agent'or Sub-Agent of Dominion Lands. W. W. CORY, Deputy Minister of the Interior. N.B.���������Unauthorized publication of this advertisement will.not be paid for. - nelson, b; c W. C. WELLS, Proprietor. First-class in everything. Steam heat, electric light, private baths. Telephone in every room. First-class bar and barber shop. 'Bus meets all trains. CRANDJICENTRAL HOTEL Opposite Postoffice, NELSON, B.C. American and European Plans. H. H. PITTS, Prop. CENTRAL HOTEL PHOENIX. One of the largest hotels in the city. Beautiful location, fine rooms and tasty meals. A. O. JOHNSON PROP. TO CANADIAN ARCHITECTS QUEEN'S HOTEL, PHOENIX B. C. The Newest and Largest Hotel in the City. Everything neat, cloim and comfortable. Steam heat and electric light. Meals and drinks at all hours. R. V. CHISHOLM, Proprietor. DANNY DEANE, Manager. THE RUSSELL HOTEL Is pleasantly situated in the heart of Grand Forks, and is convenient to all the leading financial and commercial institutinns of the city. Travelers will find it a comfortable place to sojourn when in the city. FRED RUSSELL BULL CREEK HOTEL One ot the oldest stopping places on the West Fork. Good accommodation and plenty to eat. Fish and game dinners in season. Rooms reserved by telegraph. GORMAN WEST Prop. COMIMJTITIOX 1'OR Nl'.W UNIVKRSITV Buildings to nn krectkd at Point Gkkv, near Vancouver, # British Coui.miiia. The Government ,of British Columbia invite Competitive Plans for the general scheme and design for the proposed new University, together with more detailed Plans for the buildings to be erected first at an estimated cost off 1,500,000. Prizes of f 10,000 will be given for the most successful Designs submitted. Particulars of the competition and plan of site may be obtained on request from the undersigned. The designs to be sent in by July 31st, 1912, addressed to THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, British Columbia. ON PARLE FRANCAIS NATIONAL HOTEL ), B. C. WATER NOTICE I, J. C. Cruse of Boundary Falls, B. C, rancher, give notice that on the 15th day of April, 1912, I intend to apply to the Water Commissioner, at his office, Fair- view, B. C, at 11 o'clock, a. m.', for a licence to take and use one cubic foot of water per second from thc Ruby Spring, about one half mile cast of Boundary Falls, B. C, the water to be used on the Smelter addition to Boundary Falls townsite and land adjoining ior irrigating purposes. J. C. CRUSE F. Jones, Fairview, B. C, Agent for Applicant. The Reallv Best House in the Boundary. Recently Remodelled and Strictly Up-to-Date. Restaurant in connection ROY & BO YER PROPS. THE ROYAL HOTEL Stanley Street. Nelson, B. C. Pleasant, location. Best Fumily Hotel in the City. American and European Plan. Good Homo for Stoady Boarders. Rates: SI.00 to SI.GO per day. J. S. BARRATT ��������� Proprietor QUICKLY STOPS COUQHS. CURE'S COLDT, MCAL.Q THC THROAT AND LUNGB. SO CtNTS ^.������������������m OOOOCK>0<>OCH*>00<K>0<>0<X>00<><KX> l BOUNDARY MINES f o<>oo<><>oo<yo<><>cH>o<>o<yo<><yoo<yoo Last week tho Rawhide shipped 5,000 tons of ore. Last week the Granby smelter treated 23,720 tons of ore. Last week the Mother Lode mine shipped 7,S3G tons of ore. Last week tho Greenwood smelter treated 12,175 tons of ore. Lust week tlio Jackpot mine ������������������hipped 554 tons of ore. Last week tho Granby mine shipped 2'l,22d tons of ore. THE LEDGE, '"���������������������������������������������"���������"lllll ��������� ' Ml llll llll llirMIII'HL GREENWOOD, BRITISH 'COLUMBIA.. OOOOOCK>00<K><K>0<><>CK>OOCK>0000 I B. C, MINING NEWS | C-C-OO OOOOOOiXxyoOOOCXyOOOOC OO In the Slocan a wagon road will be bnilt from the railway to tlie Utica mi no. In this provinco there exists the greatest area of undeveloped mining territory in the world. There aro 4.0 mon on the payroll of tlie Bin obeli mine on Kootenay lake and this number will bo increased to 75 by next Juno. A new water power compressor will bo installed this month at the Payno mine in the Slocan. The United Empire Co., is opening up its copper claims near Princeton. E. E. Emmons has formed a Mann, of tlio Canadian Northern Following a recent conference be tweon the two magnates, Robort Flaherty, a noted mining engineer in their employ, and who was formerly in the employ iu tho United States Steel corporation, was sent west to report on the possibilities of tho iron industry in British Columbia. As some doubt has been expressed as to the existence of an ample supply of iron ore, Mr. Flaherty will go into tlie subject very thoroughly. He left recently for, Louise island in tho Queen Charlotte group, to examine a large deposit of magnetite, said to exist there. Other iron propositions along tho coast, as well as on Vancouver island will occupy his attention. Tho impression prevails that no difficulty will be found in securing an ample tonnage of magnetite, but thero is a good deal of uncertainty as regards hematite, a variety of iron whoso use will also tions indefinitely, All the mines in the Ocarnpo camp in tlie state of Chihuahua, including the Sierra Mining.Co., suspended early last month and tho camp is dead as far as mine work is concerned. The mines at Inde, Durango, are also shut down and uo attempt will be mado to re-open them for a long time. At Guadalupe y Calvo the larger mines have suspended indefinitely. In tho Parral section the Veta Colorado Co. has closed down its cyanide plant and tho Alvarado Co, will also suspend on account of lack of cyanide. Inasmuch as the ore-buying agencies have refused to accept shipments many of the smaller producers have been compelled to quit. Tho dynamite question is the most serious, and a strenuous effort is being made to induce tho United States authorities to permit of its exportation, and particularly as the revolutionary leaders havo MANUFACTURING- JEWELER The Only Up-to-Date Optical 1\Y/-J ���������������%*-������ O Department in the Interior. IN eiSOtlj JD. For the Choicest Double Lots at RIGHT PRICES in Calgary Also llesl Real Estate Buys in Coast Towns, sec h. h. Matthews. ALBERNI PROPERTY A SURE MONEY MAKER . Easy Terms. .Close iii I,ots. ' L. L_. M ATT H EIWS Present Office:-WALTER G. KENNEDY'S CIvUB CIGAR .STORE be required in order to obtain ideal agreed to do wheat is possible to results. For tho higher grade pro- j keep the larger mines running. ducts, magnetito alono will prove satisfactory, but for certain other purposes a blend of two varieties of ore will be necessary. George Mann says four or five diamond, drills are at work on Masset Inlet on coal properties and Idoes not remove the probability The mining companies aro troubled, too, over the payment of current mine taxes. The outire state is officially in tho hands of the rebels and the payment of of the taxes to tho rebel officials platinum in the rivers near Princeton. Several placer miners are again working at Granite creek. In the Slocan a tramway will be built from the Rambler mineto the railway. The tramway will be 0,722 feet long, and will cost $15,- 800. The Hedley Gazette says: "The recent find on tho Dayton is likely to give an impetus to mining in the eastern part of tlie Similkameen riding. The Dayton is an old claim on which a strike was made in the closing days of 1S9D, and some wonderfully rich oro obtained from it. A couple of shipment were made to the smelter and good returns received, although the shipments were made under very unfavorable conditions and the sampling indifferently carried out, but heretofore they were never able to obtain tha deposit strongly in place. There are few camps that give better encouragement for exploratory work at medium cost than tho ridge between the north and south fork of Rock creek, and the Dayton claim, small in area as it is, should be a good point from which to work. There are several other good showings in the . immediate vicinity, and among them is Jas. Copeland's Leroi claim." many settlers are arriving. Mr. Mann is one of the oldest settlers on the Queen Charlotte Islands. A reliable report bought to Stew- company to dredgn for gold and Lrfc from the south states that Pres ident A. Erskine Smith, who is en route to London, England, to confer with some of the directors and heaviest shareholders in the Red Cliff Mining Company, states that he had been advised that sufficient capital is now to be had to continue development at the mine for the next two and a half years, and also for the erection of the company's of their payment a second time should the federal authorities regain control. Many companies are therefore, not paying the taxes due not later than April 1 and those that do pay are resorting to every legal protection possible to pre elude their payment again later. Carmi Notes Continued Committee, J. A. Tir/e, J. C. Dale. R. L. Miles, J. B. Sheridan and Emile Etchopare. The meeting was very enthusiastic, and the board starts of with twenty active own reduction works should it be | members, deemed advisable to do so. Meanwhile a most satisfactory arrangement has been entered into between the company and the railway and a steamship transportation line for the handling of tho ore to a southern smelter. The company, ib is said, when spring opens np, will will be seen from the following ex- firactjrom tho Vancouver Sun: Vancouver will soon have a million, dollar business building. Not only will it be oue of.tho most costly in Canada but will bo tho second largest structure of its kind in tho Dominion, and one of tho largest in tho British Empire. This building is to bo erected by the Canadian Home Investment company of this city and it is claimed will be the most complete office structure on the coast. The building besides housing the head offices on the coast of the Canadian Home Investment company, will contain several hundred office suites, and will be absolutely fireproof in construction. Plans are now being prepared by local architects, who have been instructed to follow the best models of office building construction in New York, aud other eastern cities. QUICKLY STOPS COUQHS. CURES C0LD3 HEALS THE THROAT AND LUNGS. 26 CENTS Residence Lots in North/Kamloops .from $21Q.OO to $300.00 Next to Site ofC. N. R. Depot $35.00 Cash and $15.00 a month for balance, without interest. ' * ' We have several good properties,that will' turn vou over quick profit. This is no wilderness but a built ^p close in suburb of Kamloops: This property is ful"? guaranteed to be an absolutely gobd buy and a moneymaker, and is selling fast to residents of Kamloops ������lS ' loo"���������*S\wPS "^otoffraphs furnished free. Kam- " oops lots that sold, three years ago for $100.00 are now bringing up to $2,000.00. You have a little money, you rofit wTthn tt0 P8k ltVbutTvyOU1WOuldliketomake^^re ��������� buf^nli .Rememb.er-,Kamloops'iSnotaboomtown, but is rapidly growing to her position as the largest city in the interior of British Columbia.- You can mfke a lot nl��������� ������Dey S5 SUmme������ !f.3'������������''take advantage of the pros- perous condition of British Columbia. The longer vou " wai the more you will have to pay for property that is really worth while.- Sit down now and write to us. Make your money work. What is a salary anyhow? Perry, Hog & Bunbury P.O.BOX 121, KAMLOOPS, B. C. REAL.ESTATE ��������� INSURANCE COMMISSIONS MafMeu's Syrup ol Tar and Cod Liver Oil A tonic as well as a cough cure. Largo bottle 35c. Sold everywhere. MATHIEU'S SYRUP ARG������ TONNE'L - Distributors for Western Canada ' Foley Bros,, Larson & Comoany, Inc. Winnipeg, Edmonton, Vancouver, Saskatoon. GOOD FOR ALBERTA E. J. Prendergast who has a contract for five miles of work on the Kettle Valley Railway above here hns commenced bringing in his outfit. Four new families moved into town last week, and we are threat- be prepared to ship 700 tons of eue(* wifcn il shack famine before good ore per week. long. Sam McConnell is still holding down last winter's camp, and can always regale his friends with obituary, notices when they call. we expect all Greenwood will be dead before long. In the mean time Sam's health is' being care fully guarded by Colonel Chittten- den The establishment of a plant at Port Mann for the manufacture of pig iron is contemplated by Sir Wm. MacKenzie and Sir Danald MINES IN MEXICO The mining industry throughout <������������������ ������"'������������������'j. uuutuua wiiuu uiiuy can. northern Mexico and particularly Tfc!nni i,������������������t��������� , ,. .���������,.,, J \n bam keeps up his present gait in Chihuahua, is suffering greatly on account of the present revolution, and the damage is now and will be greater than during or as a result of tho revolutionary trouble of last year. The effect will bo felt particularly as regards ponding and new investments inasmuch as sane investors will be chary of re- Jpeated revolutionary disturbances and it will undoubtedly require several years of settled conditions to renew confidence. Many mines have dosed down and many more are preparing, either forcedly or ou account of money reasons, to suspend opera- 0R0VILLE REJOICES Is a protection and guarantee against alum which is foutid in the low priced baking powders. To be on the safe side when buying baking powder, examine the label and take only a brand shown to be made from Cream of Tartar. The Great Northern railroad company has awarded to the Guthrie McDougall &Co.. of Portland, the contract for grading 5G miles of railroad on the Wenatchee North branch of the Great Northern, extending from Wenatchee to Pateros. Much of this is heavy work and it is reported on good authority that tho construction of this 5C miles of road will last for at least IS months. The contract for the grading alone is estimated to amount to more than ������1,500,000, as much of the work is fairly heavy rock grading. In connection with the construction of this line which will extend 140 miles, connecting Wenatchee with Oroville, Si miles, from Oro- to Pateros, is in readiness for receiving the tracks. Tho Guthrie-McDougall & Co., or its sub-contractors, are to commence work about the middle of April or earlier, and the work will be under the direction of -A... F. Whitcomb, engineer in charge of new construction work on the Great Northern, with headquarters in Spokane. ��������� Another great railway is to traverse Alberta. It will be an international undertaking, running from Butte, Mont., through the Flathead valley into Alberta, and continuing north, will undoubtedly tap tho Peace River country. The announcement is mado iu a dispatch from Minneapolis. Back of the project is the Chicago Milwaukee and St.. Paul Railroad Company, which has just completed a line through the northern states from Chicago to the Pacific coast. The financiers of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul are the dominant spirits in the Standard Oil Company. This news means that tho most powerful corporation in the world, | whose directorate composes captains of industry who dominate the financial and political affairs of the republic, have looked over Western Canada, found tho looking to their liking, and are going to show their approval by the expenditure of some millions of dollars. LOST IN STATES Niagara Falls, March 30.���������Canadian Pacific railway officials arrived here from Toronto yesterday to look into tho blockade of cars near the border, and said that 15,000 of tlio company's cars are lost in tho States. Thoy claim tho American roads hold them to fill them with merchandise for Canada, iuto different departments. There is a joy department, a sorrow department, a work department and a play department. . The overworking of one of these departments or cells will cause that section to become abnormal to th ev wakening of the other cells. When a man or woman works continuously at one idea and allows his or her brains no let up the joy and pleasure cells lie dormant for want cf exercise and they grow to see only the one side of life���������tho working side. The rule works all ways. Too much pleasure and amusement satiates thc joy cells and incapacitates man for brain work. Persons who live for pleasure alone become so triviai in thought that their minds lose strength and can not work except for their own pleasure. The persistent worry of illness devastates tbe brain cells almost entirely. Womon or men who work hard with their brains should take relaxation in the absolutely opposite manner. Forget work-entirely for a month at a time and travel or work at manual labor. Remember: Just as a trainer of athletes works the' physical body and then rests it, so must the brain bo respected. Day and night shift's are constantly at work on the long tunnel that is, being driven by the Argo company, and it is expected that a large body of gold and copper ore will soon be struck. The property adjoins the city, and tourists and others are always welcome at the workings. ":- OLA LOFSTAD, President. | Plumbing and Tinsmiftii I g Our complete stock of Plumbing and Tinsmiths 3 g ing material has arrived and we are now in a position If g to do all kinds of job work at greatly reduced prices 3 g in any, part of the city or district ... ������3 ������ PHONE 5= 12 McArthur & Glerf I ^liiiiiiiUiiiiiiiaiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiaiuiiiiiiiiiiil Many a mau has got out of a bad situation by tho simple expedient of looking foolish. 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Such women need Vinol just as much as did Mrs. Jane Pepper, of 2307 Howard street, San Francisco, Cal., who says: "I have used Vinol for some time with particularly gratifying results. I was run down, weak and debilitated, and my appetite was gone/After taking several bottles of Vinol I found my condition greatly improved, and do not hesitate to recommend Vinol to anyone similarly affected." Vinol is not a secret nostrum, but a delicious cod liver and iron tonic without oil, which will create an appetite, tone up the digestive organs, make pure blood and create strength. Try a bottle of Vinol with the understanding that your money will be returned if it does not help you. 640 HPHIS Trademark relieves you ���������& of all risk and uncertainty when you select your new spring Suits and Overcoats. This Trademark guarantees every thread, seam and stitch. Behind it is the greatest tailoring organization in Canada���������the founders of hand-tailored garments of the highest class. 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